Metallic facing for buildings



(No Model.)

L. L. SAGENDORPH. METALLIC FACING FOR BUILDINGS.

No. 483,240. Patented Sept. 27 1892.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LONGLEY LEWIS SAGENDORPH, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, AS-

SIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO CHARLES N. HARDER, OF PHILMONT, NEYV YORK.

METALLIC FACING FOR BUILDINGS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 483,240, datedSeptember 27, 1892. Application filed February 16, 1892. Serial No.421,620. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, LONGLEY LEWIS Sne- ENDORPH, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inMetallic Facings for Buildings, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had to the have been lapped and unitedtogether. Fig.

3 is a face view of a portion of two facingplates lapped and united inthe usual manner, said View being designed to more clearly point out thefeatures of novelty and utility embodied in the preceding figures.

My invention consists in forming in one end of a metallic facing-plate Athe alternating projections a, the latter being adapted to overlap thefull end portion of the adjacent plate, as shown by section in Fig. 2.

My invention is more especially designed to be used in connection withmetallic facingplates stamped or pressed to simulate brick- Work, as setforth in Letters Patent No. 448,732, dated March 2%, 1801, and havinglongitudinal beaded grooves and alternating transverse grooves, asshown; but, if desired, my invention may be advantageously used inconnection with facing-plates of an outline configuration differing fromthat herein shown. \Vhen stamped as shown, each rectangular figure orbrick is surrounded by the longitudinal and alternating transversegrooves having therein the convex bead or corrugation b. One end of eachfacing-plate is provided with the extensions 0., which project outwardabout one-half the length of a brick, each alternating brick being cutaway along the base of the bead b, as shown. The opposite end of eachplate is formed full or flush, as shown at left handin Fig. 1, and informing the lap or seam the projections a on the end of one plateoverlap the halfbricks on the adjacent plate, the corrugated bead b onthe one plate overlapping the corresponding beads on the adjacent plate,and in this manner a perfect joint or seam is effected. When lapped andsecured together in the old manner, as shown in Fig. 3, the rain isliable to beat in between the overlapped end portions, and in such casethe moisture will be retained between them and rust out the metal.Another disadvantage consists in the fact that a perfect uniform seamcannot be elfected in the old way and the symmetry of the bricks isdestroyed along the seam.

'1heafore1nentioued disadvantagesareover come by constructing the oneend of each plate in the manner designated, as any rain that beats inbeneath one projection 0; will run down on the outside of the adjacentsheet at the out-away portion of the top plate, and thus be quicklyevaporated. The seam thus formed is more durable and stronger than whenformed in the old way, as there is a lap of one-half of each alternatebrick.

\Vhen connected in the manner illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, the symmetryof the bricks or rectangular figures is retained along the seam, eachprojecting half-brick overlapping the half-brick on the adjacent plate.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A metallic facing-plate having at one end thereof the projectingportions or, the latter being adapted to overlap the adjacent plate atone end thereof, substantially as set forth.

2. A metallic facing-plate having longitudinal grooves and alternatingcross-grooves, one end of said plate being cut away along the base ofsaid latter grooves, leaving the projecting portions 0., substantiallyas set forth.

3. A metallic facing-plate havinglongitudinal and alternatingcross-grooves, each groove having centrally therein the convex head I),

a one end of said plate having the portions cut away along the base ofsaid beads, the latter being adapted to overlap the corresponding beadson the adjacent sheet or plate, substantially as set forth.

. LONGLEY LEWIS SAGENDORPH.

Witnesses:

SAMUEL D. I-IAGNER, P. DEXTER SHELMIRE.

